What's Your Most Requested/favorite Cake Combo?

I have a dinner party to go to and I don't know most of the people there but I do know they are all crafty pintrest foodies so I feel pressure to impress! I volunteered to bring the cake (since I bought tons of cake supplies for my kids bday party and figured I now need to make cakes for all events to offset the costs! hehe).

I have no idea what flavor cake to make so I wanted to see what are your most requested or favorite cake combos? I know I can always count on you guys for great ideas!! Please share :)

Most people ask for vanilla and chocolate. I wish they would ask for other flavors. I am getting tired of Chocolate and Vanila. If you want to impress maybe go with a carrot cake, humingbird cake, red velvet or lemon.

Peanut Butter Cup: chocolate cake with peanut butter filling and chocolate buttercream topped with semi-crushed pb cups. That is everyone's favorite cupcake right now, so I would just translate that to a cake design as long as no nut allergies are present.

Peanut butter, powdered sugar, and butter if I recall. Whip till it is a little fluffier than peanut butter. The recipe is on Pinterest, the pin looks like whipped peanut butter in a bowl of that helps. ;)

I just had that discussion with a friend of mine recently. I believe people always ask for vanilla or chocolate cakes because a) that's what they know and b) they want to please everyone by going with the "safe"/ standard flavor.

Most people are pleasantly surprised when they try "new" flavors. This shows if you give people the options for cupcake flavors. Let's say they want to order 100 cupcakes for a party, most of them would go for at least 4-5 different flavors which shows ne they are interested in trying new flavors but can't when ordering a one tier cake.

When making cake for myself, my family or friends, I intentionally choose cake and icing flavors which are NOT vanilla and chocolate.

People normally are more "impressed" and talk about that new discovered flavor combination more as if I serve vanilla and or chocolate.

Not saying to go completely overboard and reinventing the wheel here. But why not making a refreshing citrus frosting in summer, nuts in autumn etc. Just taking it easy, going with the season, the event, a color scheme or whatever you feel like...